Thread-package



(No Model.)

B. L. ARMSTRONG.

THREAD PACKAGE.

PatentedAug. 20,1895.

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BENJAMIN L. ARMSTRONG, OF NEV LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

THREAD-PACKAG SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,877,dated August 20, 1895.

Application filed December 18, 1894. Serial No. 532,258- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. ARM- STRONG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of New London, and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Thread-Packages, which improvements are fully set forth and described in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanying sheetof drawings, in which*n Figure l is a perspective view of a package ofmy improved form, and Fig. 2 isan edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the blank from which said package is folded.

On the 17th day of July, 1894, Letters Patent No. 523,139 were issued tome for an invention in thread-packages for protecting and marketingskeins of embroidery silk, floss, and the like stuffs, the essentialfeatures of said earlier invention being an envelope inclosing the skeinand means within the dou bled end of the skein to prevent the withdrawalof the latter from said envelope.

My present invention has for its object the improvement of my saidearlier package so that skeins of greater lengths may be inclosed andmarketed in envelopes which, when complete, will be of the same lengthas those described in my said patent, No. 523,139.

Referring to the drawings, the letters a, b, and c indicate the threefolds of my improved envelope or casing, the same being adapted to befolded upon each other after the manner of the envelope used in my saidearlier package; but it should be noted that in this presentinventionthe envelope-blank is of greater length and adapted to befolded midway its length on the dotted line d. One of the describedfolds, preferably the middle one b, has projecting from one end a flape, which is spotted with gum. One of the folds a c is also gurnmedeither before or at the time of making up the package. The skein of silkor other material is laid upon the central section b of theenvelope-blank, and the flap e is passed through the loop of, the skeinat one end. One of the sections a c is then folded over the skein andthe remaining section is finally folded and stuck down upon the outerface of the flap first folded. The package thus provided is then doubledon line d and the flap e is stuck upon the outer face of the free end ofsection b, thus securing the two ends of the package together. When thusfolded, the doubled end of the skein (which includes the knotted end ofthe silk) may be cut entirely through, leaving the cut ends projectingasin Fig. i. Each strand ofthe thread may then be successively drawnfrom the package by separating and grasping said strands at the doubleduncut portion immediately over the ap e. In this construction thedoubled portion of the envelope takes the place of the flap in the formof envelope shown in my former patent, and keeps the thread fromrendering too freely or becoming tangled when one of them is beingremoved. Fig. 1 shows a single strand as partly drawn from the envelope.By thus grasping the doubled part or center of each strand the free endsof the thread render freely through the doubled envelope, with notendency to tangle or displace the other strands of the skein; or thethreads may be removed by taking hold ot' either one of the ends anddrawing upon it,

which will thereby cause the thread to pass' over the flap and also topass around the doubled portion of the envelope.

It will thus be seen that a skein twice the length possible in myearlier package may be now packed in an envelope of the same length, andthat its strands, notwithstanding their great length, may with equalfacility be successively withdrawn; orinstead of using the thread of adouble length both doubled ends of the skein may be cut and the threadsremoved by drawing from either side of the flap that holds the two endsof the envelope together.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A thread package, consisting ofa substantially flattened tube "like envelope doubled upon itselfsubstantially midway of its length, the outer side of one end of thetube being provided with a iiap of a less width than the width of thetube and secured to the outer side of the other end of the envelope,whereby theenvelope is completely inclosed except the short spacebetween the edges of the flap and the respective edges of the ends ofthe envelope, substantially as set forth.

2. A thread package consisting of a substantially flattened tube likeenvelope doubled upon itself substantially midway of its length, theouter side of one 'e'nd of the tube being provided with a flap of a lessWidth than the width of the tube and secured to the outer side of theother end of the envelope, and a skein of material within the envelope,the doubled ends of which project from the ends of the envelope betweenthe edges of the flap and the edges of the envelope, one of the doubledends of lche skein being out and the other end being passed over theHap, whereby the x threads may be drawn by pulling upon the uncutdoubled end or on eitherl one of the out ends of the skein,substantially as set forth.

BENJAMIN L. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, LILA D. PEALE.

